| AP | Average precision |
| CNN | Convolutional neural network |
| DMMP | Dimethyl-methylphosphonate |
| FN | False negatives |
| FP | False positives |
| IOU | Intersection over union |
| LC | Liquid Crystal |
| LSTM | Long short time memory |
| MAE | Mean Absolute Error |
| mAP | Mean average precision |
| MFC | Mass flow controller |
| NMS | Non maximum suppression |
| POM | Polarised optical microscope |
| ReLU | Rectified linear unit |
| RGB | Red Green Blue |
| SLPM | Standard litre per minute |
| SVM | Support vector machine |
| VOC | Volatile organic compound |
| TN | True negatives |
| TP | True positives |
| TS | Time step |
| YOLO | You only look once |